The Blazers kicked off their second-full day of doubles this morning in Tualatin. For us media types, they ramped up the action we were able to see going full court, 5-on-5. Oden was held out of his second-straight practice.

Brandon Roy again went the entire practice, looking as good as ever. His ability to create, for himself and others, is as potent as ever. For the majority of the time, he and Travis Outlaw were matched up opposite one another (which is fun to watch). LaMarcus Aldridge looks the sharpest of all at this point, with improved handles, his signature silky-smooth fade away finding the bottom of the net more often than not. Aldridge, Roy and Bayless were on the same team and looked very comfortable together. Bayless has also looked good, from what I've seen. He plays hard, constantly moving when the ball isn't in his hands, fighting through screens and hawking the loose ball. And with the ball in his hands, the dude is just plain tough to stay in front of. He spent and Roy shared the distributor role today.